Over to Ton Sai
Trip Start
Dec 02, 2007
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Trip End
Aug 2007
Ton Sai,
Thailand
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
After a bit of a shoddy sleep due to animal noises, after Lisa telling us stories of Monkeys and Snakes getting into rooms, every noise was obviously a Monkey or snake trying to get onto our bungalow to kill us and eat our brains, anyway got up and went down to see Gary and Lisa, and Gary had got up early and been down to the Beach with his buddy Bob and had seen the basejumpers. Who are a crazy couple from Finland, who climb up the rock 550 feet, unaided ie no harness, and then they jump off the top and literally have 4 seconds to open the parachute. Gary was on such a high, so we all decided to get up early the next day to watch them. So we off for breakfast at our resort and then took a walk down to the longtails to get a boat over to Railay to go to ATM. We had a walk around and got to the bottom of the view point, it looked so perilous i made my decision there and then not to even venture up it, one piece of ropey rope and definate death or paralysis if you fell, no way pedro! I felt like I had turned into my Mum!! We made our way back over to Ton Sai on the longtail just before sunset just in case the base jumpers had decided to jump, but alas they didn't, LAZY!! So went to Andamans for dinner, and then onto the Corner Bar where Thong and Boll (pronounced Tong and Bon) who run the place, done a fireshow, very impressive, with sticks like majorettes that were obviously on fire, and then also the balls of fire too. Then off to bed, as early start what with the pending basejumping in the morning
17-01-08
Up at the crack a sparra, in fact it was till dark! It was like a prison cell what with no leccy! So all walked down to the Corner Bar and met up with Bob before all walking down to the beach, and surely enough basejumpers bags were hidden in the trees which meant they had already started the climb up the rock face. So we waited and then after about half an hour you could see their heads just looking over the side of the rock face. Then at 8am the girl threw herself off and within a couple of seconds she had opened her parachute and ended up at the other side of the beach by the time she had landed. Then straight after the fella threw himself off, and we stood watching him approaching us very fast, just willing him to open the parachute, you could actually see him smiling and waving as he fell towards us, and then after 4 seconds or so he opened up his shoot, and was whipped up into the air before doing a very controlled landing right in front of us on the beach, it was proper mental!!! So with all of us on a high we went to get some chicken off the chicken lady and sat on the beach for a while watching the early risers climbing before the sun got too strong. Saff and Chloe then went off shopping to Ao Nang while I went back to the room for a little lay down before going off to lunch with Lisa and Gary. We sat around for the afternoon and then went for showers before Saff and Chloe got back with their purchases. All went for dinner at Banyan Tree, which was rubbish and then obviously back to the Corner Bar for a drink before another early night, due to possiblilty of seeing the basejumpers again in the morning.
18-01-08
So again same thing in the morning, and straight down to beach but no bags hidden in trees, so we knew they were not jumping. So instead we just went off and got some chicken. Chloe and Saff then made their off to Railay to climb the viewpoint, and again I went back to Bungalow for a lay down. About 30 mins later Lisa came round to tell me Gary had been bitten by a cat and was worried he now had Rabies, I was more worried about what the cat may have caught!!! So we forgot about that and went for lunch. Saff and Chloe got back and had completed their climb up the view point, so we then went to sort out stuff on internet and sort out where to go next. Luke had mailed saying he was gonna come over Ton Sai. Then back to bungalow to get down the beach for sunset, in the hope the baseumpers would be jumping, only to be let down again!! Mum and Dave called later as we walking down to dinner so was great to speak to them. Then we sat in TonSai restaurant for dinner, before going for a drink at Kasbah, a new place that had opened, really nice setting, and lighting with Hammocks and cushions all over the place, Rock the Kasbah!
19-01-08
Got up early again, just to get another look at the bloody basejumpers, yep that's everyday at 6am! Although Gary Lisa Saffron and Bob were all off to Railay to going climbing, Chloe and I went down to the beach, only for more disappointment, as no basejumpers! So we did our usual routine and got some Chicken and then both went for a lay down. We met up at 10am to go and look at some flights and then went to dream valley for lunch. Then with no other pending appointments we went down to the beach for a little sunbath, and Christ on a bike it was boiling, but the sea at Ton Sai isn't so nice, really rocking and you would cut your feet to shit, so we paddled for about 10 mins, and then just prayed for some cloud every so often! Lisa called to confirm they had all got back from the climb every one still alive, but obviously Lisa had fallen over once she had hit flat ground, and this then opened her knee injury back up which had just started to heel, so was not really able to climb too much once they had reached the rock. Unbelieveable, well not so unbelieveable of Lisa the cluts! Saffron had successfully completed her first climb and was really chuffed to have done so, fair play to her! Again I had my Sheilaisms, so had decided not to climb! So Chloe and I took a slow walk back to Bungalows, and then we all went down to book bus tickets for the following day to make our way to Malaysia.
After that was all done, we went to see Lisa's new injury, and bless her she hurt her wrist her ankle and obviously her knee again. We went down to Corner Bar and decided to have dinner at Dreamvalley again as it was close, and Lisa could hardly walk, good of us I thought. Nipped into the Corner Bar to say our goodbyes to everyone, then fairly early to bed due to the ridiculous hour we had to get up the following day!
20-01-08
Was up at 5am, we were racing against time as the leccy went off at 6, and we wanted to get backed and showered before it went off, and we were doing well until they turned it off at 5.20am instead, trying to pack your backpack in the dark isn't an easy job!! Got outside and it was even darker! We ahd to make our way back down to the road, with backpacks in pitch black, and then we dropped into formation and were walking down the road in single file, just concentrating on getting bags down to the longtail! Got onto the longtail, and then as we went to leave the thing broke down! So there we were in the middle of the ocean, still pretty dark, and the little fella got off and went back to shore! We thought we could just drift away, but soon enough the little fella was back with his tool kit, which consisted of a butter knife, and started on the repairs. He was done in a jiffy and we commenced the journey over to Ao nang. Got there at 6.20am and then waited for our bus which arrived at 7.10am. This minibus then took us to another minibus, which then stopped every few minutes for the driver to try to get more passengers to make it more worth his while, this got pretty annoying in the end, but after a few huffs and puffs from Saff, he soon stopped and we eventually made it to Hatyai at midday. We went for a drink and then the big bus that would take us all the rest of the way to Kuala Lumpur arrived at 1pm.
It was a nice looking bus, Air Con, massive chairs etc, but then after we had taken our chosen seats, we were moved to the back, as for the first time ever you actually had to adhere to the seat number on your ticket, we were gutted, back of the bus isn't as cool as it used to be at school, the chairs did not recline properly and the air con was really strong, so we ended up pretty uncomfortable and flippin freezing!! This bus also stopped about 100 times, and we actually arrived in Kuala Lumpur just after midnight, but it was actually 1am as there was a sneaky hours difference which were unaware of. So got straight into a taxi and tried to find a hostel that was in the lonely Liar, but surprise surprise it was no longer there, so tried a few more others before having to settle on the Backpackers Travellers inn, was pretty pikey, with loads of rules, but we got a drink and had a fag before retiring to our Bunkbeds!
